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by vsl 8y ago
> The fact that it's a crime is a deterrent. That was the goal, yes. In practice, it doesn’t work, and bogus claims are widespread. Being a crime doesn’t deter in itself, when it’s never prosecuted. Heck, some assholes openly brag
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by vsl 8y ago
Not the parent, but: I’m Czech, conceal carry for self-defense is legal here (with competence tests and no criminal history requirement) and some 300k people (out of 10M population) have the permit. Shootings are pretty damn rare here. Comp
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by vsl 8y ago
...or past the copyright window.
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by vsl 8y ago
Let me this fix for you too: don’t merge master into featur branches. What kind of insanity is that?
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by vsl 8y ago
Same here. I think it might be a SF exposure thing: if you don’t read much of it, the book may seem better, but if you’re used to SF with big ideas, there’s so many so much better written novels out there that I don’t get the hype.
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by vsl 8y ago
The same Apple that, also famously, moved iCloud data of all its Chinese customers to servers in mainland China controlled by a Chinese company (and thus, accessible to the government)? It's also worth reminding that Google did exit
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by vsl 8y ago
Nope. And it’s not common to put % in front at all either. This quirk identifies the author as having as their first language Arabic, perhaps Persian (where both styles are mixed), or Turkish (that one surprised me - RTL origin didn’t): ht
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by vsl 8y ago
Overall 50% taxation sounds about right? Yes, medical care availability and quality suffer as the consequence of the European model, and that everybody regards it as "free" (despite having been taxed through the roof) doesn't
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by vsl 8y ago
They do: risk of lawsuit. Risk of the PR hit of a Twitter mob descending on the company.
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by vsl 8y ago
Meaning that people shouldn’t be treated fairly if prison time is not on the table? There are principles that are only binding to the government, but worth following outside of the courtroom in a civilized society. Innocent until proven gui
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by vsl 8y ago
> For example, Apple has in the past essentially copied innovative apps and revoked licences for the app store of the original developers. Source? I develop in the Apple ecosystem and never heard of this. Would be scandalous. “Heavily in
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by vsl 8y ago
More likely you actually set it up correctly, with DKIM and stuff, and the parent didn’t.
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by vsl 8y ago
Nope. Unloading is a separate step from cleaning, and shooting yourself during it would be incredibly hard (shooting something else may and does happen after a series of serious mistakes). The gun is physically incapable of shooting bey
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by vsl 8y ago
Uh. German (Bavarian) traffic police is well known for harassing Czech drivers. Exactly the sort of thing you might want this shortcut for.
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by vsl 8y ago
These examples map to English well: * ten/ta/to = that , not “the”; I.e. literally or figuratively pointing (including e.g. referencing previously mentioned object and not wanting to repeat it) * nějaký etc. - some , not “a”, i.
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by vsl 8y ago
> I came to the realization that some of these elements of language while seemingly “useless” (meaning, you could clearly make a language work without them) are what add subtle richness to a language. That’s a great way of putting it.
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by vsl 8y ago
This is an example where it plays a role. In Slavic languages, you would say something like “I saw that good one” (inserting a definitive article substitute) or “the one I saw was good”; in English, you don’t need the latter phrasing with
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by vsl 8y ago
> I've never understood the need for noun genders and I scratch my head at a society that makes its members memorize such useless information. I’ve never understood the need to pronounce completely differently from writing - and irr
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by vsl 8y ago
The point is somewhat ruined by getting major facts about licensing and Redis wrong: 1. It was about proprietary addons, not community version at all. 2. The license of Redis would allow such relicensing of externally contributed code witho
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by vsl 8y ago
It’s a well established doctrine that this is a direct consequence of First Amedment: https://mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/933/compelled-speec...
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by vsl 8y ago
I get why you don’t feel guilty about it (I wouldn’t either), but another thing to consider is what impact it has. From Apple’s perspective, this is clear abuse (the goal of this policy is for new buyers to be able to return a product they
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by vsl 8y ago
Example? That is illegal under GDPR. I’ve yet to see it. The only dark pattern I’ve seen mentioned is “agree” and “fine tune the settings” (with rejecting all as level 2).
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by vsl 8y ago
But the windows aren’t opt-out (that would actually provide better UX if you don’t care, see cookie banners). They are annoying precisely because they do comply and require explicit opt-in into tracking. In other words, they ask you to make
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by vsl 8y ago
I don’t get the disadvantage comment: everyone gets the popup crap, whether you say no or yes. Maybe I visit different sites, maybe I don’t notice because I reflexively click the closest button? In any case, the disadvantaging language is
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by vsl 8y ago
You say they are not legal, but then list all the requirements that they do comply with. That’s precisely why they are popups before first interaction, ask you to opt in (or not) and spend half a screen ( but not 50 pages) explaining them
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by vsl 8y ago
You’re not in EU, are you? Everyone defending GDPR around here should be required to take a one week trip to EU and spend some time online while there.
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by vsl 8y ago
That was OP’s point. Some people, like me, want to freely accept such terms. I don’t give a damn about some cookies tracking. What I do give a damn about is making my own choices. The entirely predictable consequence of making this trade
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by vsl 8y ago
Well, you can’t even access some major news sites from EU...
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by vsl 8y ago
Everybody has to do it, so not pissing your users is not an advantage. The other options for them are: block EU visitors (that pisses me even more) or go out of business (because they need the tracking to make at least some ad money from
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by vsl 8y ago
Some function of the difference in pixels between the original and decoded compressed version. This is a complicated subject, because a good error function should account for human perception and weight unimportant differences less.

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